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Despite recent attempts to pass new national gun control legislation, the gun lovers of America are winning.

This couldn't be more apparent than at the Lakeland Gun Show, the biggest gun show in the Southeast and one of more than 5,000 gun shows held in the U.S. each year, where you can buy an incredible variety of guns and weapons, as well as military surplus gear and military artifacts.

These gun shows are particularly controversial because they allow individuals to buy guns from other individuals without going through background checks.

Dealers like "Shoot Straight" bring plenty of brand new weapons to these shows.

(Some great pics removed for size and you can see them at the DU link.)

... and pistols. Most are held down by cables so they cannot be stolen.

In Florida and many other states, high capacity magazines can be legally purchased, although even the president has called for their ban.

You can even find body armor. The man selling these had tons of military stuff, since he operated an Army-Navy store.

The Lakeland Gun Show is awesome!!! Been to it many times, need to go back as it's been a while!

"In Florida and many other states, high capacity magazines can be legally purchased, although even the president has called for their ban."

So? Obama isn't a king who can rule by decree (and someone ought to remind him of that before he signs another executive order). The president can call for lots of things, but until his will is enshrined in law, we're free to act on our own, without taking his opinion into account. It's called liberty.

It's why we have the second amendment. The American people collectively have a huge arsenal, there are many different types of weapons, and we have the right to buy them. We are, and rightfully so, able to get our hands on them quite easily. The Point is that any person or group, foreign or domestic, has more than the military, and police to worry about, should they try to impose rule by force. They have to worry that ever house and building has the potential to be full of armed people ready to defend it. That's why there has never been a stressful invasion of our sovereignty. So I think a thanks to all the gun owners out there is duly wanted. After all, it is one of the reasons that liberals have the right to bitch about stupid stuff in the first-place.